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Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy Podcast
Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare—including new research, AI in medicine, federal health policy, value-based care, healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, and much more—and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
Episodes
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastThe Science of Better Sleep with Christine Won
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine sleep specialist Christine Won to discuss what makes for a good night's sleep and why sleep trackers and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastA New Vision for Public Health with Ashwin Vasan
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Public Health senior fellow Ashwin Vasan to discuss the ambitious agenda he pursued as New York City health…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLong COVID, Regulating AI Medical Advice, and the Hidden Costs of Prior Authorization
Howie and Harlan discuss new research into the biological mechanisms behind long COVID and other post-infectious syndromes, how the FDA can ensure the safety…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastThe Revolution in Heart Care with Eric Velazquez
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine cardiologist Eric Velazquez to discuss how advances in treatment have transformed cardiovascular…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLearning from Your Own Health Data with Sara Riggare and Gary Wolf
Howie and Harlan are joined by journalist Gary Wolf, author of the new book The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe, and patient researcher Sara Riggare, who…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastExpanding the Reach of Pediatric Cardiology with Emily Bucholz
Howie and Harlan are joined by pediatric cardiologist Emily Bucholz to discuss her work treating fetal heart abnormalities across a multistate region and the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMission, Margin, and the Tradeoffs Facing Hospitals with Omar Lateef
Howie and Harlan are joined by Omar Lateef, CEO of Chicago's Rush University System for Health, to discuss balancing the financial pressures facing hospitals…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastThe Future of Heart Care with Aakriti Gupta
Howie and Harlan are joined by cardiologist Aakriti Gupta to discuss advances in minimally invasive heart valve treatment, her work to expand access to…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastFads, Outbreaks, and Health Policy
Howie and Harlan discuss health headlines including the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak; a recent FDA decision allowing pharmacies to compound certain…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMelanie Matheu: Turning Science into Impact
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melanie Matheu, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lyric Bio, who also shares evidence-based health and science…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastShivan Mehta: Designing Better Healthcare Decisions
Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKate Heilpern: Redefining the Hospital's Role
Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the hospital's 200-year history, the financial pressures facing…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSelwyn Rogers: Bearing Witness to Violence (Encore)
In this special episode, Howie and Harlan revisit their conversation with trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, whose book Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJessica Federer: Closing Gaps in Women's Health Research
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jessica Federer, managing director of the Women's Health Fund and a member of the Yale Institutional Review Board, to discuss…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastBhramar Mukherjee: What Can the Data Tell Us?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Public Health biostatistician Bhramar Mukherjee to discuss how statisticians help researchers turn observations…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastIngrid Katz: What Would It Take to Eradicate HIV?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Ingrid Katz, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, to discuss why HIV continues to spread despite the existence of…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastScience, Policy, and Power
Howie and Harlan discuss healthcare headlines including proposed changes to federal research funding, an outbreak of New World screwworm in Texas cattle, and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMark Siegel: The Craft of Teaching Doctors
Howie and Harlan are joined by Mark Siegel, director of Yale's internal medicine residency program, to discuss his approach to mentoring young physicians and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLive at the Yale Innovation Summit 2026
Howie is joined by guest host Megan Ranney, dean of the the Yale School of Public Health, for a live episode recorded at the Yale Innovation Summit, featuring…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastNicholas Christakis: The Science of Human Connection
Howie and Harlan are joined by Nicholas Christakis, director of Yale's Human Nature Lab, to discuss his research on social networks, human connection, and the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastWho Gets to Shape Healthcare?
Howie and Harlan discuss how AI is transforming medical research and publishing, the growing role of consumer health platforms and wearables, new advances in…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJosh Geballe: Building Yale's Innovation Engine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Josh Geballe, head of Yale Ventures, to discuss how changes in Yale's mindset, policies, and support systems have helped turn…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLee Schwamm: Onboarding AI at the Hospital
Howie and Harlan are joined by Lee Schwamm, the Yale School of Medicine's associate dean for digital strategy & transformation and chief digital health officer…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastWolfram Goessling: Lessons from the Other Side of Cancer
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine liver specialist Wolfram Goessling, who reflects on his experience surviving a rare cancer and how it…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastTrust, Truth, and Moral Distress
Howie and Harlan take on tough questions at the intersection of medicine and society. They trace the deadly history of anti-vaccine activism, unpack Yale's…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastStephen Latham: The End of Irreversibility
Howie and Harlan are joined by Stephen Latham, a Yale School of Medicine senior research scholar and the director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastDeborah Proctor: Help That Endures
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine gastroenterologist Deborah Proctor, who reflects on her decades of work in Honduras and how her approach…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSelwyn Rogers: Bearing Witness to Violence
Howie and Harlan are joined by trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, who reflects on caring for victims of gun violence and speaking with families in their darkest…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastArya Singh: Beyond Accessibility
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale College and Yale School of Public Health graduate Arya Singh, who reflects on growing up with spinal muscular atrophy, what…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastVaccines, Cholesterol, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the end of flu season, vaccine effectiveness, and the challenge of rebuilding public confidence in immunization. Also: new cholesterol…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKevin Billingsley: The Making of the Modern Surgeon
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine surgical oncologist Kevin Billingsley, who discusses how robotics and advanced imaging are reshaping…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKevin Sheth: Innovation Toward a Healthier Brain
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine neurologist Kevin Sheth to discuss how collaboration helps drive breakthroughs in brain health…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJanet Currie: Investing in Kids
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale economist Janet Currie to discuss how early-life investments in health, education, and environmental protection shape…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastEvangelos Oikonomou: Decoding the Hidden Signals of Heart Disease
Howie and Harlan are joined by Evangelos Oikonomou, a cardiologist and data scientist at the Yale School of Medicine, to discuss how AI can extract overlooked…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJoel Hirschhorn: How Genes Add Up
Howie and Harlan are joined by geneticist and endocrinologist Joel Hirschhorn to discuss how thousands of genetic variants collectively shape disease and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMeasles Outbreaks, Preventative Cardiology, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss an escalating measles outbreak in the U.S. and a project piloted by Yale School of Medicine professor Erica Spatz to deliver…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastRobert Wachter: AI Is Already Remaking Healthcare
Howie and Harlan are joined by internist and author Robert Wachter to discuss his new book, which explores how AI is already changing day-to-day medical…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMary-Ann Etiebet: Confronting Preventable Disease
Howie and Harlan are joined by Mary-Ann Etiebet of the public health organization Vital Strategies to discuss how policy, prevention, and stronger…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJonathan Cohn: Health Policy in the Age of MAHA
Howie and Harlan are joined by health policy writer Jonathan Cohn to discuss the RFK Jr. food agenda, the barriers to universal healthcare in the U.S., and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSara Rosenbaum: Expanding Coverage, One Step at a Time
Howie and Harlan are joined by health law and policy expert Sara Rosenbaum to discuss how incremental reform expanded healthcare access—and the urgent work now…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAnia Jastreboff: Treating Obesity Without Shame
In this bonus episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by Ania Jastreboff, a Yale School of Medicine endocrinologist and an expert on the science of obesity. They…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJulie Rovner: On the Health Policy Beat
Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joins Howie and Harlan to make sense of the fight over ACA subsidies and reflect on her…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastEzekiel Emanuel: Ice Cream and Other Keys to a Long Life
In a bonus episode, Howie and Harlan welcome oncologist, bioethicist, and public health expert Ezekiel Emanuel to discuss his new book, which counters the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAn Ongoing Conversation about Health and Healthcare
In the 200th episode of Health & Veritas, Harlan offers end-of-the-year reflections on medicine drawn from his editor's notes in JACC (the Journal of the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastBasmah Safdar: Why Women Experience Illness Differently
Howie and Harlan are joined by Basmah Safdar, a Yale School of Medicine emergency physician and an expert on sex-specific differences in cardiovascular and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSudhakar Nuti: Bringing Healthcare to the Unhoused
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sudhakar Nuti to discuss his work improving healthcare for homeless New Yorkers, as a street-medicine doctor and a…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastPeter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastThe Cost Curve, Flu, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the outlook for U.S. healthcare spending over the next five years, the state of seasonal and avian flu, and an expensive AI-based…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJerry Avorn: Countering the Drug Marketing Machine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Harvard internist Jerry Avorn to discuss his research on the pharmaceutical industry and his work promoting evidence-based…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAli Rahimi: A Cardiologist in Your Pocket
Howie and Harlan are joined by cardiologist Ali Rahimi, the founder of ALYKA Health, which uses a personalized mobile app to help patients manage their heart…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastNate Wood: Cooking Lessons for Better Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Nate Wood, a Yale School of Medicine internist and trained chef, to discuss his work combining lifestyle guidance with hands-on…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAkiko Iwasaki: What Have We Learned About Long COVID?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, a leading authority on vaccines and long COVID. Harlan reflects on America's…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastRajlakshmi Krishnamurthy: Coordinated Care, Better Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Rajlakshmi Krishnamurthy, the Yale School of Medicine's associate dean for population health, to discuss her work building…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastCrowded Emergency Rooms and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the roots of the crisis in emergency departments, the lack of oversight for hydration spas, new approaches in blood pressure…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastVanessa Cooper: The Science of Headaches
Howie and Harlan are joined by Vanessa Cooper, a Yale School of Medicine neurologist, to discuss the causes of migraines and promising new treatments for the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End
Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the innovation and adaption needed to lead NewYork-Presbyterian…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastBarry Wu: The Questions to Ask the Elderly
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine geriatrician Barry Wu, who provides a framework for family caregivers and physicians to understand the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastEric Topol: The Keys to Healthy Aging
Howie and Harlan are joined by physician, scientist, and author Eric Topol to discuss his new book, Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity; the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastScience, Politics, and Personality
Howie and Harlan discuss Dr. Vinay Prasad's departure from the FDA after a backlash against his decisions on Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKatelyn Jetelina: A Visit from Your Local Epidemiologist
Howie and Harlan are joined by public health communicator Katelyn Jetelina for updates on COVID-19 and other issues, and to discuss how her emails to students…